Questlove is officially an Oscar nominee.
The Grammy Award-winning musician, bestselling author and Black culture anthropologist scored a 2022 Academy Award nomination in the best featured documentary category for his directorial debut, “Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised).”
In the Hulu documentary, the co-founder of groundbreaking hip-hop collective The Roots and bandleader for “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” spotlights New York City’s 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. Long known as “Black Woodstock,” the six-week event featured Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Mahalia Jackson and the Fifth Dimension, among others.
